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ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4004
(
By Delegates
Swartzmiller, Ennis, Beach, Kominar,
Ron Thompson, Talbott and Boggs
)
[Passed March 11, 2006; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT
to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-6-7a, relating
to prohibiting the use of a traffic law photo-monitoring
device by police officers to detect traffic law violations;
defining "traffic law photo-monitoring device"; providing that
evidence obtained by the use of a traffic law photo-monitoring
device may not be used to prove a violation of a traffic law;
providing that this section does not prohibit the use of
microwave devices to prove the speed of a motor vehicle in
violation of a traffic law; and providing that evidence
obtained by the use of a traffic law photo-monitoring device
may be used for other lawful purposes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §17C-6-7a
, to read as
follows:
§17C-6-7a. Prohibition of the use of traffic law photo-monitoring
devices to detect or prove traffic law violations
.
(a) As used in this section "traffic law photo-monitoring
device" means an electronic system consisting of a photographic,
video, or electronic camera and a means of sensing the presence of
a motor vehicle that automatically produces photographs, videotape,
or digital images of the vehicle, its operator, or its license
plate.
(b) No police officer may utilize a traffic law
photo-monitoring device to determine compliance with, or to detect
a violation of, a municipal or county ordinance or any provision of
this code that governs or regulates the operation of motor
vehicles.
(c) A violation of a municipal or county ordinance or any
provision of this code that governs or regulates the operation of
motor vehicles may not be proved by evidence obtained by the use of
a traffic law photo-monitoring device.
(d) The provisions of this section do not prohibit the use of
any device designed to measure and indicate the speed of a moving
object by means of microwaves to obtain evidence to prove the speed
of a motor vehicle pursuant to section seven of this article.
(e) The provisions of this section do not prohibit use of a
traffic law photo-monitoring device for any other lawful purposes
other than to obtain evidence to prove violations of municipal or county ordinances or any provision of this code governing or
regulating the operation of motor vehicles.